Pseudoarchaeology and fake history causes real harm in our society Many people think, what’s the harm of hunting for a lost city? It’s entertainment, right! It even exposes children to real science CW: The harm leads directly to racism and eugenics 1/18

Watch “Koobi Fora Field School” by GW Arts & Sciences on #Vimeo vimeo.com/375448757?ref=…

Archaic introgression and variation in pharmacogenes and implications for local adaptation | bioRxiv bit.ly/3FVeb1G

Footprint evidence of early hominin locomotor diversity at Laetoli, Tanzania | Nature go.nature.com/3IaGfQF

Richard (Dick) Estes, Guru of #Gnu, authority on antelopes, a profoundly smart, witty, observant, kind man has passed. He authored the classic Behavior Guide to African Mammals & other guides, mentored many, liberally shared ideas & was tireless in love & awe of African wildlife.

Richard Leakey. All my sympathies to the Leakey family. He provided such light into the origins of humans everywhere, and was a force for conservation in Africa. standardmedia.co.ke/national/artic…

Seems insurance companies around here convinced virtually everyone that we needed much less insurance to rebuild than we needed in practice. If you are a home owner, do yourself a favor and make sure you have sufficient home replacement costs in your policy.

TOOTHFIR: Presenting a dataset and a preliminary meta-analysis of Fourier Transform Infra-red Spectroscopy indices from archaeological and palaeontological tooth enamel - ScienceDirect bit.ly/3GPo15a

Sponheimer, M., Daegling, D.J., Ungar, P.S., Bobe, R., Paine, O.C.C., 2022. Problems with Paranthropus. Quaternary International authors.elsevier.com/a/1e-Ea3ic-FU1…

Submit your #FoodWaterEnergyNexus research to PeerJ between Sept 1st and Sept 10th and receive an APC waiver. Find out more: peerj.com/blog/post/1152… #ADecadeOfPeerJ #ClimateChange #SustainableDevelopment

Really enjoying Mastodon (@[email protected]). A less breathless experience with lots of great content already. Does not operate like the bird site, but I think that is a good thing.

Dangerous Creature for #Caturday

RT @[email protected] I don’t understand why people think Mastodon is difficult. It seems pretty straightforward, and the separate servers are no biggie. I’m enjoying this fresh start here, like moving to a new apartment! universeodon.com/@georgetakei/1…